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Latitude: 53.1861 / 53°11'9"N
Longitude: -2.8896 / 2°53'22"W
OS Eastings: 340653
OS Northings: 365815
OS Grid: SJ406658
Mapcode National: GBR 7B.36M4
Mapcode Global: WH88F.L57S
Plus Code: 9C5V54P6+C5
Entry Name: Part of City Wall from Bridgegate to County Hall (Not Included)
Listing Date: 28 July 1955
Last Amended: 6 August 1998
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1376173
English Heritage Legacy ID: 470167
ID on this website: 101376173
Location: Chester, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, CH1
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Electoral Ward/Division: Chester City
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Chester
Traditional County: Cheshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire
Church of England Parish: Chester St John the Baptist
Church of England Diocese: Chester
Tagged with: City walls
CHESTER CITY (IM)
SJ4065NE CITY WALLS
595-1/6/128 Part of City Wall from Bridgegate to
28/07/55 County Hall (not included)
(Formerly Listed as:
City Walls & Towers incl.
foundations of SE angle Roman
Fortress wall & tower)
GV II*
A length of wall approx 70m long carrying the wall walk from
the Bridgegate (qv) down to pavement level south-east of
County Hall (not included). Late C11 to early C12; converted
to a raised promenade 1702-8, altered on demolition of the
former fortified gateway and C17 water-supply tower for the
building of the present Bridgegate; 1781 by Joseph Turner for
the City Corporation and realigned 1830s by the Council of the
County Palatine of Chester for improvement of land adjoining
the County Gaol. Coursed red sandstone, simply detailed.
(Bartholomew City Guides: Collens J: Chester City: 1979-:
134).
Listing NGR: SJ4065365815
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